aitos.io has successfully attained a second-place in the first “Spark Cup” Blockchain Application Competition Eastern Division regional finals
The regional Eastern Division finals for the inaugural “Spark Cup” Blockchain Application Competition were directly sponsored by Blockchain Industry Alliance (hereinafter referred to as “ABI”) and hosted by the Institute of Industrial and IoT, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (hereinafter referred to as “CAICT”). Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry & Information Technology, Jiangsu Provincial Communications Administration, the Shanghai Communications Administration, the Zhejiang Communications Administration, and CAICT all served as leadership and guidance committee members for the “Spark Cup”.
aitos.io successfully advanced to the Eastern Division national finals with a second-place award after competing with excellent use cases from Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, and Anhui Province.
About “Spark Cup” blockchain competition
The inaugural “Spark Cup” blockchain competition is also committed to “promoting usage through competition; production through competition” The resultant effect is to create a high-level blockchain industry exchange and cooperation platform while delivering assistance for the ecological integration and development of the blockchain industry in the eastern region. The cumulative impact has been to enable vigorous development of the regional digital economy.
About aitos.io
aitos.io is a technology start-up focusing on the integrated innovation of IoT and Blockchain. By combining its own rich resources in the IoT industry, aitos.io has raised the standard for an open-sourced blockchain application framework BoAT (Blockchain of AI Things) with delivered via IoT chipset and module to enable IoT devices quickly implement trusted data on-chain and access the blockchain services. At the end of 2019, aitos.io and nine mainstream cellular wireless module manufacturers jointly initiated the Blockchain IoT Module alliance, and successively released their own brands of BoAT blockchain module products. This resulted in hundreds of millions of IoT devices equipped with the capability of blockchain services access as a trusted entry of IoT+Blockchain application. aitos.io’s vision is to leverage an alliance of global IoT vendors to empower them to tap the value of applications and data.
At the beginning of the project launch in the end of 2018, aitos.io received angel investment from the IoT industry expert group and strategic investment from Wanxiang Blockchain. In December 2018, aitos.io was awarded membership into ARM Accelerator Camp. In June 2019, aitos.io emerged as the founding member of China Unicom IoT and Wanxiang Blockchain IoT+Blockchain Joint Innovation Center. In November, aitos.io became a empowerment partner of Microsoft’s AI and IoT Lab . In August 2020, aitos.io transitioned into Tencent’s Blockchain Accelerator program as the first member. In February 2021, aitos.io joined RISC-V International as strategic member and initiated to form new Blockchain SIG (special interest group). In April, aitos.io initiated 1st China technical requirements standards for trusted blockchain access of IoT terminals.
